[ColdNoMore]

While coming down the 466 Multi-Modal Path, I saw a golf cart with a young couple and young children (5 & 7?) parked at the stop sign at 466 (the one coming out of Bridgeport).

Thinking they were waiting to take their cart out on 466, noticing that they were young (visiting parents/grandparents?), that there were two young children in the seat, guessing they were probably lost and also noticing that it didn’t even have a license plate for a street legal car, I chose to veer over to them to keep them from having a disaster.

I said “excuse me, but golf carts are not allowed on that road and it can be very dangerous.”

The guy looks over and says “my horse is in the barn over there” (pointing to the barns on the Morse’s property across 466).

I then said… “as long as you know it’s illegal and very dangerous crossing this road, the choice is yours.”

I then got back on the MMP and went on my way.

Should I even have bothered to stop?

Waiting for what I predict will be some interesting responses.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

While coming down the 466 Multi-Modal Path, I saw a golf cart with a young couple and young children (5 & 7?) parked at the stop sign at 466 (the one coming out of Bridgeport).

Thinking they were waiting to take their cart out on 466, noticing that they were young (visiting parents/grandparents?), that there were two young children in the seat, guessing they were probably lost and also noticing that it didn�t even have a license plate for a street legal car, I chose to veer over to them to keep them from having a disaster.

I said �excuse me, but golf carts are not allowed on that road and it can be very dangerous.�

The guy looks over and says �my horse is in the barn over there� (pointing to the barns on the Morse�s property across 466).

I then said� �as long as you know it�s illegal and very dangerous crossing this road, the choice is yours.�

I then got back on the MMP and went on my way.

Should I even have bothered to stop?

Waiting for what I predict will be some interesting responses.

Could be an employee of the Morses. There must be a lot of people involved in keeping up that property.

[ukbill70]

And which, soon to be ex , officer is going to give them a ticket ?.

[graciegirl]

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[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by ukbill70

And which, soon to be ex , officer is going to give them a ticket ?.

No kidding. It's hard to believe there are people naive enough to believe that people with money, power and influence don't get out of tickets because of who they are.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Could be an employee of the Morses. There must be a lot of people involved in keeping up that property.

That's entirely possible, but to be in your late-20's to early-30's and have your own horse boarded at the Morse's, you have to be a pretty well paid employee.

I've been told that the house on the very corner next to 466, that is just left of the #7 green on Laurel Valley, is a guest house for the Morse's friends and relatives who live elsewhere and that was my thought on where they were coming from.

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

While coming down the 466 Multi-Modal Path, I saw a golf cart with a young couple and young children (5 & 7?) parked at the stop sign at 466 (the one coming out of Bridgeport).

Thinking they were waiting to take their cart out on 466, noticing that they were young (visiting parents/grandparents?), that there were two young children in the seat, guessing they were probably lost and also noticing that it didn�t even have a license plate for a street legal car, I chose to veer over to them to keep them from having a disaster.

I said �excuse me, but golf carts are not allowed on that road and it can be very dangerous.�



The guy looks over and says �my horse is in the barn over there� (pointing to the barns on the Morse�s property across 466).

I then said� �as long as you know it�s illegal and very dangerous crossing this road, the choice is yours.�



I then got back on the MMP and went on my way.

Should I even have bothered to stop?

Waiting for what I predict will be some interesting responses.

That was a very polite way of offering info to someone that could possibly be lost or confused. I also am watching the responses.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

That's entirely possible, but to be in your late-20's to early-30's and have your own horse boarded at the Morse's, you have to be a pretty well paid employee.

I've been told that the house on the very corner next to 466, that is just left of the #7 green on Laurel Valley, is a guest house for the Morse's friends and relatives who live elsewhere and that was my thought on where they were coming from.

That is not correct.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by ukbill70

And which, soon to be ex , officer is going to give them a ticket ?.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure as soon as they started dropping names any cop would back off pretty quickly.

My main concern was having a cart with small kids trying to cross a divided highway where people often drive 50+ mph.

Not to mention that the vegetation in the median and the curve to the west, make for poor sight distances.

Poor sight distances + poor decision making = bad outcomes sometimes.

[manaboutown]

IMHO it was nice of the OP to stop, particularly with children in the cart. One never knows. Such acts can and do save lives.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

No kidding. It's hard to believe there are people naive enough to believe that people with money, power and influence don't get out of tickets because of who they are.

Yeah, I'm sure that's never happened.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Jima64

That was a very polite way of offering info to someone that could possibly be lost or confused.

My first time here I almost drove out on a few of the roads where non-street legal carts are not allowed and would have loved to cross 466 up around Walgreens to save time to Southern Trace, but went the long way around of course.

I was just thinking that maybe they were lost and was trying to help them avoid a disaster (especially with little kids aboard).

Originally Posted by Jima64

I also am watching the responses.

Pretty predictable so far.

Like they say... "no good deed goes unpunished."

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

No kidding. It's hard to believe there are people naive enough to believe that people with money, power and influence don't get out of tickets because of who they are.

And it's just as naive...and a lot more cynical...to believe that people with money, power and influence always get out of tickets because of who they are.

[ahayward65]

There are other owners not related to the Morse that live in that area also. Lord Lyle for one. He keeps polo ponies and has his own polo field.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

IMHO it was nice of the OP to stop, particularly with children in the cart. One never knows. Such acts can and do save lives.

And that should have been the end of it. Happens all the time......................